Tracking The Swine Flu With Google Maps

Sunday's press conference at the White House was enough to rattle me, especially since it came after the email I got from Steve, my friend and doctor, on Friday: "Medically, this is VERY scary!!!" He's not normally a three exclamation point guy.

It's tough for laymen to know just how serious (or not) the current outbreak of swine flu will become. Sunday's press conference at the White House was enough to rattle me, especially since it came after the email I got from Steve, my friend and doctor, on Friday: "Medically, this is VERY scary!!!" He's not normally a three exclamation point guy.

If you're interested in tracking swine flu cases there is now a Google maps app to help. As I type this it's received 49,167 views.

Credit where credit is due. This was built by "niman" from Pittsburgh, PA whose profile says he's in "Biomedical Research." If he wasn't before this map went live he certainly is today!